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No. 255,199. v Patented Mar. 21,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCEo WILLIAM SOHENKER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

SPRING-BOLT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,199, dated March 21, 1882. Application filed December 14, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, WILLIAM SCHENKER, of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Bolts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved springbolt, and Fig. 2' isacross-section of the same.

Corresponding. parts in the several figures are denoted by like letters of reference.

This invention relates to serewbolts for va rious purposes; and it consists in constructing or providing such bolts with springs for the purpose of holding them in the openings in which they are placed, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The drawings hereto annexed show the bolt A, provided with one or more longitudinal recesses, 1), extending along the greater part of the length of the body of the bolt, andadapted to receive flat outwardly-bulging springs E,

which are held in position by lips F at the ends of the recesses. The lip at the upper end may, as shown, he formed by the head G of the bolt, under or into which the rrcesses may extend, as shown. The springs E may be welded or otherwise secured to the bolt at one end; but this is not necessary. When this is done, however, the lips F may of course be dispensed with.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. It is simple, inexpensive, and the springs E serve to hold the bolt firmly in the opening in which it may 

